The National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has temporarily suspended the procedures for the second Offshore Wind Farm development tender. This decision was made during today's Council meetingin response to last week's Government resolution to temporarily halt the tender procedures and resume them on October 6. Following the renewal of the tender, documents can be submitted until and including October 7, for a total of two days.
NERC also clarified the resolution regulating the tender. The amended NERC resolution has been supplemented with a provision providing that after the Government suspended the tender procedures by the Government resolution of 6 September 2025, applications, tender documents and tenders shall not be accepted within the time limits specified in the description of the conditions.
In addition, taking into account the Government's decision to resume the procedures on October 6, the deadlines set out in the conditions description have been adjusted accordingly. This means that when the procedures are resumed on October 6, the tender will continue under the same conditions. In order to preserve the 90-day period for participants to submit documents, two days – October 6 and 7 inclusive – will be allocated for this purpose.
According to the Law on Renewable Energy, the Government decides on the organization of this tender and sets its dates. NERC implements the provisions of this law and the the Government resolutions related to thereto.
By Government decision on June 9, NERC announced the renewed Offshore Wind Farm development tender. This is the second tender aimed at selecting developers for a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm.
NERC is responsible for organizing the tender and selecting the winner (preparing the conditions, organizing the work of the committee, and making the decision on the winner). The tender committee consists of two representatives from NERC and one representative each delegated by the Ministry of Energy, the Competition Council, the Lithuanian Energy Agency, as well as Vilnius University and Kaunas University of Technology.
This Offshore Wind Farm project will be developed in an area of approximately 136 km², located about 30 km from the shore. It is estimated that offshore wind farms will cover up to half of Lithuania's electricity demand and reduce the country's dependence on electricity imports.
